Little is known about the diversity of non-geniculate coralline red algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinophycidae) from deep waters in Brazil. Most surveys undertaken in this country have been carried out in shallow waters. In 1994, however, the REVIZEE program surveyed the sustainable living resources potential of the Brazilian exclusive economic zone to depths of… (More)

The effect of tityustoxin on calcium uptake in synaptosomes incubated in hypotonic medium low sodium and physiological medium high sodium was studied. In the hypotonic medium, calcium uptake was ATP and temperature dependent and TsTX inhibits this uptake. The inhibition of calcium uptake was not due to an osmotic effect since it was also observed in… (More)